Here’s your Daily Brief for August 13th: A Global Surge in Tiny Loans Spurs Credit Bubble in a Slum (via WSJ Subscription Req.) – Development economists will tell you that credit is necessary in the fight against poverty because it allows individuals and families to get through difficult times (eg. drought), send children to school, [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 7th: An article in todays Business Daily newspaper caught my eye and has inspired me to begin my discussion on the role of China in Africa. This is a wildly important discussion and I promise there is more to come on this topic. Anyways, this article suggests that the [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 6th: There has been a lot of buzz surrounding AGOA for the last week or so, and I’ve included a few articles in my daily briefs the last couple of days. I figured today I would dedicate the entire DB to AGOA and flush out some of the concerns [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for July 30th: Video of The Philanthropist Debate (via Tactical Philanthropy) – Sean posted video on his blog of a debate held recently in Washington, DC over the TV show “The Philanthropist” Kenyan Gov’t Promises Reforms on Private Sector – President Kibaki has promised reforms on the private sector (particularly SMEs) [...]